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2022 in review

Photo: Getty Images. Belated welcome, 2023! We know we're late to the party revisiting everything that happened in 2022 — how is it already the end of February?! — but we always enjoy looking back on the past twelve months in the world of children's and YA literature with our annual...
      

Happy World Read Aloud Day

...one of our favorite days of the year! To help you celebrate, here are some recommended books, Horn Book Fanfare 2022 2022 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners 2023 ALA Youth Media Award winners Board Book Roundup: Mirrors and Holes and Flaps, Oh My! by Rachel G. Payne (November/December 2022 Magazine)...
      

Week in Review, November 14th-18th

  This week on hbook.com... Jas Hammonds Talks with Roger about We Deserve Monuments November Notes from the Horn Book Newsletter: 5Qs for Anthony Perry and Alexis Bunten about Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun’s Thanksgiving Story + 5 picture book stories about storytelling, 4 quirky sci-fi for middle-grade readers, and 5 biographies for...
      

Board Book Roundup: Mirrors and Holes and Flaps, Oh My!

Board books often include features that entice little fingers to pull, twist, and lift, sometimes blurring the line between book and toy. This is fine by me; little ones should play with their books! Although such board books are often called “novelty books” and derided as gimmicky, they don’t have...
      

Table of Contents: November/December 2022 Horn Book Magazine

Cover from Snow Horses. Illustration © 2022 by Micha Archer.   Features Ashley Bryan and Jerry Pinkney by Violet J. Harris Unfettered artists sharing their talents, visions, and joys.   Columns Editorial What She Said by Elissa Gershowitz Getting up close and personal with history. The Writer’s Page A Chorus...
      

Week in Review, October 31st-November 4th

  This week on hbook.com... Board Book Roundup: Baby Horn BOO! 2022 Edition by Sarah Threlkeld   2022 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards coverage: October 31: Boston Globe books contributing editor Kate Tuttle's interview with this year's BGHB judges   Calling Caldecott: Hot Dog by Adrienne L. Pettinelli Choosing Brave by...
      

Board Book Roundup: Baby Horn BOO! 2022 Edition

This column is part of a series of recommended board book roundups, published seasonally. You can find the previous installments here. Don’t miss Viki Ash’s primer “What Makes a Good Board Book?” from the March/April 2010 Horn Book Magazine. Familiar songs, finger puppets and holes, counting, and flaps galore make...
      

Week in Review, July 11th-15th

  This week on hbook.com... Board Book Roundup Plus Five Questions: Summer 2022 by Rachel G. Payne   From the July/August 2022 Horn Book Magazine Special Issue: ALA Awards: Profile of 2022 Newbery Medal winner Donna Barba Higuera by Martha Brockenbrough Profile of 2022 Caldecott Medal winner Jason Chin by Michael...
      

Board Book Roundup Plus Five Questions: Summer 2022

For over twenty years a team of librarians, educators, creators, and others who work with young children and families have been compiling a “Best Books for Babies” list in (where else?) the city that Fred Rogers called home: Pittsburgh, PA. In fact, Mr. Rogers was a consultant on the list...
      

Board Books Get an Award of Their Own

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Board books don’t tend to win major awards. True, a handful have been named ALA Notable Children’s Books, including one of my all-time favorites, Global Babies by the Global Fund for Children. Many a Caldecott winner has later been republished in board book format, and some work well, notably Kevin...
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